Artificial Intelligence : from Research to Application ; the Upper-Rhine Artificial Intelligence Symposium (UR-AI 2019)

TL;DR

This paper reports on the UR-AI 2019 symposium where universities from the Upper Rhine region showcased their AI research, industry collaborations, and cross-border academic partnerships to foster knowledge transfer and innovation.

Contribution

It highlights the collaborative efforts and regional integration of AI research and application among universities and industry in the Upper Rhine area.

Findings

Successful cross-border academic and industry collaborations

Enhanced knowledge transfer in AI within the region

Strengthened regional mobility and research networks

Abstract

The TriRhenaTech alliance universities and their partners presented their competences in the field of artificial intelligence and their cross-border cooperations with the industry at the tri-national conference 'Artificial Intelligence : from Research to Application' on March 13th, 2019 in Offenburg. The TriRhenaTech alliance is a network of universities in the Upper Rhine Trinational Metropolitan Region comprising of the German universities of applied sciences in Furtwangen, Kaiserslautern, Karlsruhe, and Offenburg, the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Loerrach, the French university network Alsace Tech (comprised of 14 'grandes \'ecoles' in the fields of engineering, architecture and management) and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland. The alliance's common goal is to reinforce the transfer of knowledge, research, and technology, as well as the cross-border mobility of students.